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Show SHAH SQUELCHES ALL OPPOSITION Sends Soldiers Against Members of Parliament and the Square is Heaped With Corpses. Bloody Fight Waged In Teheran as Ro-suit Ro-suit of Opposition to Ruler and Refusal Re-fusal to Surrender Men Wanted by the Shah. Teheran. After n bloody fight, ojs tho result of which tho square in front of the parliament buildings wero filled wth corpses, tho troops of the Shah of Porsla havo captured tho buildings, and the city Is comparatively quiet after ono of tho most harrowing days of its history. Karly Tuesday morning cossacks and soldiers surrounded tho parliament building and demanded thnt a number of persons whose nrrcst tho shuh had ordered bo forthwith handed over to them. The parliament refused to comply com-ply with this demand nnd shots wero II red nt tho troops, several soldiers being be-ing killed. Orders wero nt onco Issued from military headquarters that tho parliament building be bombarded, nnd the bombardment commenced soon after. Whllo tills was In progress bombs were thrown from tho parliament parlia-ment building and tho mosquu build ing, disabling ono of tho guns nnd wounding the gunners. Eventually tho halls of parliament were cleared, but not before mnny persons hnd been Killed nnd wounded. Tho bombardment continued until :i o'clock In thu afternoon. after-noon. In the meantime thu troops visited vis-ited tho poltlcal clubs and numerous residences of Influential men of parliament, parlia-ment, In which work they were aided by tho populncc. For two years, ever slncu a constitutional constitu-tional government wns proclaimed by tho bhah of Persia, thnt country has been In thu throes of n revolution, which hns been general In character, nnd Included within Its scope tho Inhabitants In-habitants of larger and smaller cities. The shah rather reluctantly proclaimed the constitution and has cast his lot with tho reactionaries, who oro opposed op-posed to it because they hold that It is contrary to their best Interests. Tho other pnrty, tho Constitutionalists, havo been lighting to mnlntnlu their rights guaranteed to them by tho constitution. con-stitution. It Is stated that during tho few yearn of warfare between 30,000 and 40.000 lives havo been sacrificed. |